أَهَلاً بمُعْتَلِ النَّسِيمٍ وَمَرْحَبا
وَمُذَكْرِي عَهْدَ الصِّبَابَةِ وَالصِّبا
Welcome to the languid breeze, welcome,
And to the one who recalls for me the days of yearning and youth.
حَمَلَ التَّحِيَّةَ عَنْ أَهَيْل المُنْحَنَى
وَأَبَان عَنْهُمْ بالمَقَالِ وَأَغرَبا
It bore greetings from the dear folk of the bend,
And spoke on their behalf in wondrous words.
فَعَرَفْتُ عَرْفَهُمُ بِهِ لَكِنَّنِي
أَنْكَرْتُ صَبْراً عَنْ عُهُودِيَ نَكَّبا
So through it I recognized their fragrance; yet I
Rejected patience that had strayed from my vows.
يَا عَاذِلي كُنْ عَاذِرِي فِي حُبِّهمْ
لَمْ ألْقَ للسِّلْوَانِ عَنْهُمْ مَذهَبا
O you who reproach me, excuse me for loving them;
I have found no way to forget them.
لاَ تَلْح فِيْهمْ مُغْرَماً أَلِفَ الضَّنَا
يَجدُ السِّقَامَ بهُمْ لَذِيذاً طَيِّبا
Do not chide, on their account, a lover accustomed to wasting illness,
Who finds sickness for their sake sweet and pleasant.
نَزَلَ الغَرَامُ بِهِ فرَحْلَ صَبْرَهُ
عَنْهُ وَخَيْمَ في حَشَاهِ وَطَنْبا
Passion alighted upon him and drove his patience
Away from him, and pitched its tent within his breast and stretched its ropes.
غِبْتُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ حَاضِرونَ بمُهْجَتي
أفْدِي الحُضُورَ بمُهَجَتِي وَالغَيْبا
You are absent, yet present in my heart;
I would ransom the present and the absent with my lifeblood.
Sol 6.1